http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24630
--- Comment #11 from Matteo Bruni matteo.mystral@gmail.com 2011-09-03 13:06:33 CDT --- (In reply to comment #10)
(In reply to comment #9)
Setting the HKCU\Software\Wine\Direct3D\AlwaysOffscreen registry key to enabled should also workaround the issue.
what is the value of the key? I've never heard of this one before
You have to create it as a string called AlwaysOffscreen and set it to "enabled" (without the quotation marks). I forgot to mention, this is a recent addition, you need Wine 1.3.27 or newer for this setting to have effect.